Forest in Madhya Pradesh (Indian Forest Report 2023)

• The ISFR is brought out by the Forest Survey of India (FSI) on a biennial basis since 1987.

• The report contains information on forest cover, tree cover, mangrove cover, growing stock, carbon stock in India’s forests, instances of forest fire, Agroforestry, etc.

• The Forest Cover of the country has an area of about 7,15,343sq km (21.76%) whereas the Tree Cover has an area of 1,12,014 sq km (3.41%).

• As compared to the assessment of 2021, there is an increase of 1445 sq km in the forest and tree cover of the country, which includes 156 sq km increase in the forest cover and 1289 sq km increase in tree cover.

  
  

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Madhya Pradesh

• Madhya Pradesh has the largest forest cover in India, spanning 77,073 square kilometers, which accounts for 25.00% of the state's total geographical area.

• The states with the largest forest and tree cover is Madhya Pradesh with 85,724 sq km

  
  

  

Forest Type	Area	% of Geographical Area
Very Dense Forest	7,021.31	2.28
Medium Dense Forest	33,508.64	10.87
Open Forest	36,543.49	11.85
Total	77,073.44	25.00
Scrub	3,124.20	1.01

District Wise Highest Forest Cover (Area)

District	Area (Square Km)
Balaghat	4,921.18
Chhindwara	4,578.19
Baitul	3672
Mandla	3411
Sheopur	3407

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 District Wise Highest Forest Cover (Percent Wise)

District	Percent of Geographical Area of District
Umaria	54.95
Balaghat	53.32
Sheopur	51.59
Mandla	45.67
Sidhi	40.81

District Wise Lowest  Forest Cover (Percent Wise)

District	Percent of Geographical Area of District
Ujjain	0.69
Shajapur	0.84
Agar Malawa	1.83
Ratlam	2.45
Rajgarh	2.81

District Wise Lowest  Forest Cover (Area Wise)

District	Area (Square Km)
Shajapur	29.26
Ujjain	41.76
Agar Malwa	50.12
Niwari	107
Ratlam	119

 Other Facts

• Highest Very Dense Forest: Balaghat (1180 Sqkm)

• Medium Dense Forest: Balaghat 2547 Sqkm

• Highest Open Forest: Chhindwara (1,976 Sqkm )

  
  

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